| Country: | England | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 52.1161°N -0.6105°W | ||||||
| Official Name: | Astwood | ||||||
| Population: | 420 | ||||||
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census) | ||||||
| Civil Parish: | Astwood and Hardmead | ||||||
| Unitary England: | Milton Keynes | ||||||
| Lieutenancy England: | Buckinghamshire | ||||||
| Region: | South East England | ||||||
| Post Town: | NEWPORT PAGNELL | ||||||
| Postcode District: | MK16 | ||||||
| Postcode Area: | MK | ||||||
| Dial Code: | 01234 | ||||||
| Os Grid Reference: | SP951473 | ||||||
| Label Position: | left | ||||||
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Astwood is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the border with Bedfordshire, approximately 6miles east of Newport Pagnell, 7miles west of Bedford and north-east of Central Milton Keynes.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means "valley of the dammed".
The churchyard of the parish church of St Peter is considered by some as being one of the prettiest dogging sites in the county.[1] Most of the older buildings in the village have thatched roofs making for a quaint rural setting.
Together with the neighbouring village of Hardmead, it forms the civil parish of Astwood and Hardmead.[2]